Just because you've never needed it doesn't mean that it should never be used. My original point was simply that one should know both sides of an argument like that, and realize that many people...

it sets endwait to be the current clock() value (presumably a timestamp) + a time to wait. It then goes into an empty loop until the clock() value becomes equal to endwait, at which point it exits...

Not all professionals refuse to use goto, or else the Linux kernel stopped being updated some while back. Goto sometimes is very useful; just because it's hard to use properly doesn't mean it should...

They'll probably tell you to never use goto as well, but that doesn't mean you should just listen to them. Find out why, and then do what is best; and yes, the popular opinion can be wrong...

Be more specific as to what's wrong with them. And please use and tags when posting code.

So, VC5 isn't one of them. Although I think the standard says an int-compatible type or somesuch, so a pointer would fit that...

Like others have said, main's return value is used to determine if the program ran successfully or what the errors were. As to why the mechanism is a return value, when your program runs, something...

If you're using Strings in C#, I think the Format method will be fine. quick example:

String s = String.Format("Card serial: {0} {1} {2} ...", ResultSN[0], ResultSN[1], ...); I don't know that...

Are you trying to make an ass out of yourself?

Aside from dot syntax (which most likely preceeds C), how are they related?

The problem is that you're using integer division, which returns an integer value. Cast the numerator to a double and it should work: daysOffAvg = (double)totaldayoff / numemployees;
...

Maybe the function isn't defined in any of your source code files?

*itr returns a string, not a char*. Use the .length() for the string instead.

dougy, if either one is NULL, you'll dereference it at least once in the loop body. It's little mistakes like this that make those library functions so important... :icon_wink:

Not using strcmp because it's an "external function" is stupid (if this is an assignment, it's a horrible requirement). Especially when the external function doesn't relate to the problem (sorting)....

I'd guess that it's due to how floating point values are stored imprecisely in memory, causing the weird results to come up on rare occasions.

As Rashakil says, when you have a stack allocated variable, the stack pointer will be incremented to account for it at the beginning of the function. This is much different from allocating on the...

I'd say to just keep writing code for now, when you get to the 4-year school they'll have plenty of resources. You might consider reading a couple books on algorithms or software development, and...

True, but the error was because it should only be one.

Yes, the use of & is optional in this case. Similarly, when calling the function *foo() and foo() will also be the same.

I don't see the word screen anywhere in his post...

Yes, you need to do it. You should also read some of the rules (http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/announcement8-2.html).

Also, strcmp will tell you the relative ordering of the strings rather than simply if they are equal, if you needed that as well.

I believe the standard sets no rules for any type except char. I don't have a copy of it though, so take it as is.

Then it would just be a substr method, and not interesting at all.

Ah. I'd assumed that the expert level encompassed the intermediate as well.

Aw, c'mon. You can do the intermediate level. Please? :P

Again, broken. Test case: extract_digits(5, 2, 4)

Hm... I like Rashakil's solution. It's more elegant than anything I would have come up with. Unfortunately, I think I broke it. Test case: extract_digits(-1, 9, 3) which causes a bad index into...

Please don't use bold text when you post. It's meant to give emphasis to parts of a post, not the entire body; using it too much is poor netiquette. Also, please use and tags when posting code...

Different solution using stringstreams:

#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <iomanip>
using namespace std;
string foo(string city, string state)
{
stringstream ss;
string str;

Post your code and we'll take a look at it. :)

If you're copying something, you need to allocate memory and then copy the appropriate values in. When dealing with strings, however, there's several library functions that'll help you along the...

No, don't, it would always be false. A number can't be less than 0 and greater than 4. Instead, try moving your second line cin>>grad[i]; into the while loop. Right now it just outputs the warning...

My crystal ball tells me you're calling pop() before you've called push(). It could also be due to a mismatch.

For more detailed analysis, provide more details, such as how the stack works or an...

Is it getting the day counts right though? Maybe if you just rearrange the values for the days it'll straighten out...

Nope, you've got the loop. Remember, j is going from 1 to the current month. So if you pass j, it'll look up the days in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, ... nth month. :icon_wink:

I actually didn't test the leap year code. What's happening is you're adding the last year before it's over, skewing the result by that number of days. Ditto with the month. If you change the <=...

You add an extra year to the result, plus the number of days in the selected month. January 1800 comes out as 396, or 365+31.

Out of curiosity, could your printing code have an off-by-one error to print the same data for the last char in one row and the first in another?